MUO-015829: Balon braće Montgolfier: sat

Sat je koncipiran kao skulptura od pozlaćene bronce, dok je mehanizam umetnut u sferično srebrno kućište. Nisko ovalno postolje stoji na šest nogu u obliku diskova. Obod mu je ukrašen nizom užljebljenja iznad kojih je vijenac sastavljen od lovorovih listova. Donji dio sata izrazito je monumentalan, u osnovi stožast, ali razveden grudičastim nakupinama kojima su predočeni oblaci na kojima je u spiralnom nizu raspoređeno tridesetak figura putta koji nose žito, baklje i žaru s plamenom. Virtualno gibanje usmjereno je prema vrhu gdje se nalazi srebrna kugla koja simbolizira balon, a u koju je smješten mehanizam sata. U gornjoj polutki kalote 24 su otvora u obliku pravokutnika odrezanih uglova. Ispod njih je pokretni vijenac na kojem su emajlirana polja s naizmjenično crnim rimskim brojevima za označavanje sati i znakovi zodijaka. Pri hodu satnog mehanizma vijenac s oznakama se okreće, a točno se vrijeme iščitava kad se određeni broj nađe ispod kazaljke koja je fiksna. S jedne strane uz ku // Sat je izveden u spomen na prvi let balona koji su 1783. konstruirala braća Montgolfier. Koncipiran je kao skulptura od pozlaćene bronce, dok je mehanizam umetnut u sferično srebrno kućište. Donji dio sata izrazito je monumentalan, u osnovi stožast, ali razveden grudičastim nakupinama na kojima je u spiralnom nizu raspoređeno tridesetak figura putta koji nose žito, baklje i žaru s plamenom. Virtualno gibanje usmjereno je prema vrhu gdje se nalazi srebrna kugla koja simbolizira balon, a u koju je smješten mehanizam. U gornjoj polutki kalote su 24 otvora ispod kojih je pokretni vijenac s emajliranim poljima na kojima se smjenjuju oznake za sate i znakovi zodijaka. Pri hodu mehanizma vijenac se okreće, a točno se vrijeme iščitava kad se određeni broj nađe ispod fiksne kazaljke. Uz kuglu je s jedne strane prislonjena figura boga vjetra Eola, a s druge strane krilata Fama. Kućište sata oblikovno je srodno modelu za neizvedeni spomenik prvom letu balona, što ga je 1784. po narudžbi pariške Direction des Bâtiments izradio francuski kipar Clodion. Ovaj sat, rađen prema Clodionovom modelu, izuzetan je i rijedak artefakt koji nosi stilske osobine rokokoa i nadolazećeg klasicizma. • The clock was made to commemorate the first flight of the balloon constructed in 1783 by the Montgolfier brothers. It is conceived as a sculpture of bronze gilt, while the movement is inserted in a spherical silver housing. The lower part of the clock is extremely monumental, basically conical in shape, but articulated with clotted accumulations on which some thirty putto figures carrying wheat, torches and a flaming urn are arranged in a spiral. The virtual movement is directed to the top where there is a silver ball symbolising the balloon, in which the mechanism is located. In the upper hemisphere of the dome there are 24 openings in front of each of which is a movable cornice with enamelled fields on which signs for the hours and signs of the zodiac alternate. As the mechanism moves, the cornice turns, and the exact time can be read off, where a certain number is positioned under the fixed hand. On one side the figure of the wind god Aeolus leans against the sphere, and on the other, winged Fame. The housing for the clock is shaped similarly to the model for the not produced monument to the first flight of the balloon, made by French sculptor Clodion in 1784 on a commission from the Parisian Direction des Batiments. This clock, made after the Clodion model, is a very rare artefact that has the stylistic features of Rococo and the forthcoming Classicism. • The clock was made to commemorate the first flight of the balloon constructed in 1783 by the Montgolfier brothers. It is conceived as a sculpture of bronze gilt, while the movement is inserted in a spherical silver housing. The lower part of the clock is extremely monumental, basically conical in shape, but articulated with clotted accumulations on which some thirty putto figures carrying wheat, torches and a flaming urn are arranged in a spiral. The virtual movement is directed to the top where there is a silver ball symbolising the balloon, in which the mechanism is located. In the upper hemisphere of the dome there are 24 openings in front of each of which is a movable cornice with enamelled fields on which signs for the hours and signs of the zodiac alternate. As the mechanism moves, the cornice turns, and the exact time can be read off, where a certain number is positioned under the fixed hand. On one side the figure of the wind god Aeolus leans against the sphere, and on the other, winged Fame. The housing for the clock is shaped similarly to the model for the not produced monument to the first flight of the balloon, made by French sculptor Clodion in 1784 on a commission from the Parisian Direction des Batiments. This clock, made after the Clodion model, is a very rare artefact that has the stylistic features of Rococo and the forthcoming Classicism. • The clock was made to commemorate the first flight of the balloon constructed in 1783 by the Montgolfier brothers. It is conceived as a sculpture of bronze gilt, while the movement is inserted in a spherical silver housing. The lower part of the clock is extremely monumental, basically conical in shape, but articulated with clotted accumulations on which some thirty putto figures carrying wheat, torches and a flaming urn are arranged in a spiral. The virtual movement is directed to the top where there is a silver ball symbolising the balloon, in which the mechanism is located. In the upper hemisphere of the dome there are 24 openings in front of each of which is a movable cornice with enamelled fields on which signs for the hours and signs of the zodiac alternate. As the mechanism moves, the cornice turns, and the exact time can be read off, where a certain number is positioned under the fixed hand. On one side the figure of the wind god Aeolus leans against the sphere, and on the other, winged Fame. The housing for the clock is shaped similarly to the model for the not produced monument to the first flight of the balloon, made by French sculptor Clodion in 1784 on a commission from the Parisian Direction des Batiments. This clock, made after the Clodion model, is a very rare artefact that has the stylistic features of Rococo and the forthcoming Classicism.